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Patent GB-150055-A (GB)
Title: An improved automatic stop or brake for sound reproducing machines of the disc type
IPC: G11B17/02
Filed: 1919-05-26
Abstract: 150,055. MeQuire, D. F., and McQuire, F. W. May 26, 1919. Acting on flat sides of wheels, drums, and disks; actuated or applied by springs and weights; periodic.-Comprises a device for automatically stopping a gramophone at the end of a record. A base plate 1, Figs. 2 and 8, is situated beneath the turn-table 21 and carries a spring 2. At the end of the record a tumbler 7, Fig. 3, which fits loosely by a hole 12 over the pillar 4 is released as described below, and tilts about the fulcrum 3, Fig. 2, so that the brakepad 9 which it carries rises, and is carried forward frictionally by the turntable till it jams on the spring 2. The release mechanism comprises a latch 26, Fig. 8 (plan), having an upstanding arm 18 which is adapted to be engaged by the tone-arm and is frictionally pivoted on a hollow vertical rod 16. This hollow rod is slipped over the pillar 4, about which the latch 26 turns pivotally. When the latch is set, a spring 14 carried by it engages in a notch 24 in a second pillar 6, Figs. 2 and 8, to hold the device against shaking. The lug 23 enters a notch 11, Fig. 5, in the flange 10 of the tumbler 7, and holds up this end of the tumbler. When the latch 26 is rotated clockwise by engagement of the arm 18 with the tone-arm, the edge 22 of the tumbler 7 is held against clockwise rotation by the post 6, so that the lug 23 is moved out of the notch 11 and permits the tumbler to tilt by gravity, as described. The arm 18 is frictionally pivoted on the latch so that it can be set to stop the record at any required point. In modifications, an additional brake pad may engage the rim of the turntable; the spring 2 may be replaced by an inclined plane, the arm 8 being made resilient, and the latch and tumbler may be magnetically secured against shaking.
Patent GB-143506-A (GB)
Title: New or improved process of brewing or preserving beer, or other fermented liquors
IPC: C12H1/14
Filed: 1920-05-12
Abstract: 143,506. Fazi, R. de. Oct. 9, 1919, [Convention date]. Materials for making beverages.-Hexamethylene tetramine or its derivatives such as helmitol, hetraline, and chinotropine are used to preserve beer, or similar fermented liquor, by adding them in the proportion of 0.10 to 0.20 grammes per 1000 grammes after the attenuation period or during filtration.
Patent GB-131992-A (GB)
IPC: G01C19/42
Abstract: 131,992. Henderson, J. B. Aug. 6, 1918. Gyroscopic apparatus.-In order to adapt the turn-indicator described in Specification 125,096 for use on an aeroplane, the gyroscope is driven either by belting &c. from the engine, or by an air-screw. As shown in Fig. 1, the shaft 2 is driven, either by the pulley 5 geared to the engine, or by the air-screw 6. The shaft 2 drives the centre portion 7 of a universal joint, the member 7 being connected to the intermediate ring 8 by the pivot pin 10. The gyroscope flywheel 9 forms the outer member of the universal joint, and is connected to the ring 8 by pivots 11, 12. The wheel 9 carries the shaft 13, which rotates in the frame 15 pivoted about a horizontal axis 16, 17 passing through the centre of the universal joint. The fly-wheel 9 is thus free to pitch about the axis 16, 17, but is constrained to jaw with the case 1. The pitching motion is constrained by springs 18, 19 and is transmitted to the pointer 26, which thus indicates the rate of turning on the scale 28 so long as the velocity of the wheel 9 is constant. If, however, the screw 6 is large enough to make the speed of the wheel 9 proportional to the air speed of the aeroplane, then the deflexion of the pointer 26 is proportional to the radius of the turning-circle. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the blades of the air screw constitute the spokes 31 of the gyroscope fly-wheel 30. The wheel 30 is carried by a shaft 32 mounted on an axle 33 which is carried by a fork 36 secured to the spindle 37 mounted within the fixed casing 40. The spindle 37 carries a crank 41 which is constrained by springs 48, 49, and operates the pointer 45 to indicate the rate of turning. In order to obtain an indication proportional to the rate of turning plus the total turn, the indicating-means shown in Fig. 7 may be used, in which the constraining springs are replaced by a cantilever spring 48 secured to the spindle 37 and passing between pins 49a on a crank 49 pivoted on the spindle 37. The crank 49, through gearing 50, 51, turns the spindle 52 carrying the piston 53 in the box 54, the space between the piston and the box being filled with a viscous fluid. With this arrangement, the steering may be controlled by means of a second pointer in front of the pointer 45 and moved in unison therewith, the seccnd pointer being geared to the tiller &c.
Patent GB-132586-A (GB)
IPC: B01D45/14
Abstract: 132,586. Liversedge, A. J., and Davidson, W. B. Aug. 27, 1918. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Density separators; bearings.-Apparatus for separating suspended matter, such as tar from gas by centrifugal action, comprises a double fan mounted on a disk e<2> within a conical casing a, the outer edge of the fan being formed with a channel h so that the tar &c. is collected and delivered by centrifugal force into a passage j from which it is discharged by the opening k. The channels may be formed either by bending over the ends of the vanes or by means of angle-irons riveted to them. in place of separate channels for each blade, the blades may be attached to the inside of a sheet metal cone. Steam or water may be supplied to the apparatus by the pipe n. The shaft b carrying the fan may run in ball bearings l external to the casing and provided with a stufting-box m, the bearing being so mounted that it is removable bodily along the shaft to give access to the stuffing-box. Steam or water may be supplied through the orifice o to wash out the gutter j. Two or more such apparatus may be used in series.
Patent GB-991345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to apparatus for finishing circular cylindrical walls and bores
Inventor: THOMPSON EDWARD HERBERT
IPC: B24B39/02
Filed: 1963-04-03
Abstract: 991,345. Rolling. E. H. THOMPSON & SON (LONDON) Ltd. April 2, 1964 [April 3, 1963], No. 13262/63. Addition to 925,385. Heading B3M. A roller tool, for finishing cylindrical bores, of the type described in the parent Specification, in which a number of planetary part tapered rollers 14 in a cage 13 are axially movable relative to a tapered supporting surface 10 to allow them radial adjustment, is improved by having a resilient spring 50 attached to the end of the tool to urge the rollers, by means of a ring 38 attached to the cage 13, towards the right. Adjustment of the rollers is effected by means of lock-nuts 20 and 21. The tool is held stationary in a rotating workpiece, lubrication of the cage being from a nipple 40. Specification 892,695 also is referred to.
Patent GB-696854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the production of ornamental or other memorials
IPC: E04H13/00
Filed: 1951-06-05
Abstract: A memorial for a deceased person comprises an article made from a composition comprising the ashes resulting from cremation, and a binder such as plaster, cement, glass or a synthetic resin, alternatively the ashes may be applied to the surface of a composition so as to adhere thereto or be embedded therein.  A transparent binder may be used to enable the ashes to remain visible. The memorial may be in the form of a tablet or plaque or a piece of personal jewellery.
Patent GB-332314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electrical liquid level indicating instruments
IPC: G01F23/30
Filed: 1929-04-30
Abstract: 332,314. Smith & Sons (Motor Accessories), Ltd., S., and Watson, E. A. April 30, 1929. Indicators, electric. - Liquid-level indicating apparatus of the kind comprising the combination of a crossed-coil electromagnetic meter and a potentiometer having its slider connected to the float, has one field winding a of the meter connected across the source of electromotive force b and the other field winding c connected to the slider and to an intermediate point on the first field winding, or to a similar point on the source of electromotive force, or on a resistance in parallel therewith. The windings a, c are carried on cores g, j, the armature h responding to the resultant field.
Patent GB-918610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to machines for reclaiming ore and the like bulk material
Inventor: HARKESS ANDREW JOHN
IPC: B65G65/00
Filed: 1960-04-14
Abstract: 918,610. Reclaimers. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Ltd. April 14, 1961 [April 14, 1960], No. 13437/60. Class 78 (4). A transverse belt conveyer 39, Fig. 1, transfers materials which has been dislodged from a pile 21 by a harrow 11 and raised up an inclined plate 37 by a rotor 24, to a longitudinal conveyer running parallel to tracks on which the bridge 2 of the reclaiming machine is supported by bogies. The harrow is reciprocated by a crank 17 and a bolt 15 and sector 16 provide means for adjusting the angle of the harrow. Rollers 22 support a framework 5, which carries the harrow and rotor from the bridge 2. The framework 5 is traversed by a winch and cable, the winch drum being shaped to move the framework faster at the edges of the pile than in the centre thereof. Each bogie has a jacking unit 52, Fig. 5, so that the machine may be raised when moving away from the pile of material. Specification 787,029 is referred to.
Patent GB-134537-A (GB)
IPC: F16C27/04
Abstract: 134,537. Leon, K. O. Oct. 26, 1918, [Convention date]. Ball and roller bearings.-The outer race of a ball or roller bearing is mounted in a pair of rings 9<a>, 9<b> formed with radial flanges 8 which are bent so that their edges bear against the race ring 3 or against a casing affording resilient support in the axial direction. The flanges 8 may be formed with radial slots. The rings as shown in Fig. 3 may be of undulating form providing also radial resilience. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) comprises also the following constructions. The outer race ring is reinforced by a ring 9, Fig. 4 (Cancelled), shrunk on, and a similar ring may be fixed inside the inner race ring. To give a slight resilience to the bearing a groove 7 is formed in a flanged casing 6 or in the ring 9 or race ring 3. As shown in Fig. 6 (Cancelled), a groove 40 is formed in the inner race ring 2 and two narrow rings 9<a>, 9<b> are applied to the outer ring 3, the edges 8 being bent over to provide a resilient support in an axial direction. Fig. 8 (Cancelled) shows a modification in which the edges 8 are bent outwards to engage the casing 6 resiliently. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-513713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to apparatus for washing and drying photographic prints
IPC: G03D15/02
Filed: 1938-05-05
Abstract: 513,713. Drying photographic prints. SAMANDJI, J. May 5, 1938, Nos. 13496 and 13497. Convention dates, May 8, 1937, and June 21, 1937. [Classes 34 (i) and 34 (ii)] [Also in Group XX] Apparatus for washing and drying photographic prints comprises a cylinder 8 having a layer of spongy rubber 9 in contact with a layer 17 of spongy rubber on a cylinder 15 above which is positioned a pipe 18 with apertures 19 for sprinkling water on to prints introduced between the cylinders 8 and 15. The cylinder 8 is driven by a pulley 10 and belt 7 from an electric motor M also driving through a pulley 6 a cylinder 2 having transverse or longitudinal grooves 3 with rounded edges 4 to prevent adhesion of prints, for which reason also the spongy rubber layer 17 is spirally wound with a thread 20 to form bulges 21. The cylinder 8 drives a plurality of belts 11 of small round section positioned opposite grooves 8a in cylinder 8 to form bulges 14 preventing adhesion of prints and passing partially around cylinder 15 and ground 12 in cylinder 13. The cylinder 2 is partially immersed in a fixing bath B in a tank 1 having an inclined side member 1a and the cylinders 8 and 15 are located above a tank 22 receiving spent washing water. The prints are introduced between the cylinders 8 and 15 to be washed by water from the pipe 18 and dried by the absorptive spongy layers 9 and 17 and are then conveyed by the belts 11 to top of cylinder 2 from which they drop into fixing bath B. The prints are prevented from adhering to the cylinder 2 by the rounded edges 4 and the flow of liquid through grooves 3.
Patent GB-348364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ice making apparatus for refrigerators
IPC: A23G9/06
Filed: 1930-05-02
Abstract: 348,364. Refrigerating; ice-making. HOORNSTRA, S., Rue de Spa, Brussels. May 2, 1930, No. 13553. Convention date, Nov. 15, 1929. [Class 29.] Liquid is frozen in a vessel 1 by the direct action of carbonic acid gas which is supplied through a pipe connection 7, traverses in series a number of flat spiral tubes 11, and issues tangentially from the last spiral so as to rotate the set of coils. The coils are spaced and supported by arms on a shaft 18, which carries a hollow member 9 making joint with the end of the pipe 7 and is supported at its lower end by an adjustable spring 22. The gas leaves the vessel 1 by a strainer 3 and flows through a jacket having apertured baffles 4 before escaping by a valve 5. A safety-valve 24 and filling plug 25 are carried by a detachable cover 6. The apparatus serves as the source of cold for a domestic refrigerator.
Patent GB-492703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for equalizing the tension of threads
IPC: D03D49/06
Filed: 1937-05-13
Abstract: 492,703. Equalizing the tension of threads. CONSOLIDATED RUBBER MANUFACTURERS, Ltd. May 13, 1937, No. 13559. Convention date, May 12, 1936. [Class 142 (iv)] Bare rubber or covered elastic or other threads T arranged side by side and drawn from a supply (spools) 15 have their tensions equalized by passing them through a separating comb 17 round power driven rollers 13, 14 over a bar 20 thence along a long table &c. 23 to feed rollers 24. These deliver the threads with their tensions equalized, and they are wound upon a warp beam or chain looped, or coiled in a container. Tensioning of individual threads causes them to move closer to the roller 13, as shown at c, Fig. 6, and they are thereby drawn from the supply more quickly. To facilitate threading up the apparatus, the roll 14 is supported by counter-weighted brackets 32, 33 so that it can swing about the axis of the roll 13 as shown in Fig. 5, the bar 30 being movably supported by arms 21. The roll 13 may comprise a highly polished tube, which may be chromium plated provided with heads 25, 27 with hubs &c. 26 pinned to a shaft 28 supported by ball bearings &c. 35 and furnished with a driving- pulley.30. The shaft 38 of the highly-polished roll 14 is supported by bosses 36, 37 in brackets 32, 33 having hubs 34 journalled in sleeves 31 in uprights 10. The roll 14 is supported by antifriction bearings 41. A fibre &c. gear 44 on the head 27 is driven from the roll 13 by a gear 45. To lock the brackets in position so that the roll 14 may be held in any angular position about the axis of the roll 13, the hubs 34 are provided with toothed locking rings 47 engaged by spring-controlled bolts 48, which can be manually retracted by lever mechanism controlled by handles. The pulley is driven by a belt from an electric motor, which is floatingly mounted so as to tension the belt. The spools 15 may have supporting trunnions journalled in wooden bearing blocks. The rolls 13, 14 are driven at a speed considerably in excess of the maximum speed at which the threads are taken up.
Patent GB-135637-A (GB)
IPC: E04B1/41
Abstract: 135,637. Gadie, A. Dec. 7, 1918. Walls; double walls.-Concrete or like building slabs moulded in box form and having a groove around their edges are provided with communicating grooves G<1> which serve to house ties or spacers T when the slabs are built up as a cavity or double wall. The slabs S may be reinforced and reinforcing rods may be laid in the grooves G and engaged with the ties T. When extra strength is required, the box-like slabs may be filled with cement &c.
Patent GB-1300841-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of short oil alkyd resins
IPC: C08L67/00
Filed: 1970-03-20
Abstract: 1300841 Short oil alkyd resins KANSAI PAINT CO Ltd 20 March 1910 [26 March 1969] 13626/70 Headings C3F and C3R The invention comprises a short oil alkyd resin which comprises the reaction product of polycarboxylic acid(s), glycol(s), tetrahydric and/or trihydric alcohol(s) and saturated and/or unsaturated fatty acid(s) having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, in such proportions that the average number of hydroxy functional groups per polyol molecule falls within the numerical range expressed by a tetragon, the vertices of which are positioned at the co-ordinates (10 weight per cent, 2À25), (20 weight per cent 2À45), (10 wt. per cent, 2À55) and (20 wt. per cent, 2À75), the abscissa in the co-ordinate system indicating the wt. per cent, based on the total weight of the resin, of the fatty acids and the ordinate indicating the average number of functional groups. In the examples resins are prepared from (i) phthalic acid, adipic acid, trimethylolethane, neopentylglycol and coconut oil fatty acid, (ii) phthalic anhydride, trimethylolethane, neopentyl glycol and coconut oil fatty acid, (iii) phthalic anhydride, adipic acid, pentaerythritol, ethylene glycol and soyabean oil fatty acid, (iv) isophthalic acid, adipic acid, trimethylolethane, neopentylglycol and coconut oil fatty acid, (v) alkaline refined coconut oil, trimethylolpropane, neopentyl glycol, phthalic anhydride and adipic acid, (vi) phthalic acid, trimellitic acid, adipic acid, trimethylolethane, neopentylglycol and coconut oil fatty acid, the product being neutralized with diethanolamine, (vii)and (viii) phthalic anhydride, adipic acid, neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane and coconut oil fatty acid, and (ix) phthalic anhydride, neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane and soyabean oil fatty acid. Coating compositions are made by dissolving the resins of examples (i) to (v), (vii) and (viii) in an organic solvent (e.g. an aromatic hydrocarbon or xylene/butanol) or the resin of example (vi) in water and possibly adding another polymer (e.g. a methylated or butylated melamine/formaldehyde resin, an acrylonitrile resin, nitrocellulolase or acetylbutylcellulose) or a pigment (e.g. titanium dioxide).
Patent GB-940148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electric cable terminations
Inventor: WALMSLEY FRANCIS CHARLES
IPC: H02G15/06
Filed: 1961-04-14
Abstract: 940,148. Cable terminations. ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. April 3, 1962 [April 14, 1961], No. 13628/61. Heading H2E. A hollow conductive terminating structure, for use with a fluid-cooled cable comprising a hollow permeable conductor 1 with a central duct 2 surrounded by a coolant retaining layer 3, is adapted to be secured over and electrically connected to the bared end of the cable conductor 1, and has a part for sealing impermeably to said layer 3, at least one coolant port and communicating with the latter, insulated coolant ducting of length such as to allow only a permissible leakage current. Fig. 1 shows an embodiment in which the layer 3, of fairly resilient material such as butyl rubber, is clamped between a clamping ring 9 and a complementary wedge-shaped ring 8 secured to a hollow sleeve 6, thus connecting the central duct 2 via the sleeve 6 to a port 11 in the sleeve 6 and hence to external insulated ducting (not shown). The sleeve 6 is compressed on to the reinforced end of conductor 1 to connect the latter to a termination 12. An earthed supporting member 13, bonded to the metal cable screen 4 at 14, is insulated from sleeve 6 by an intermediate tube 16 of solid insulation or of wound laminated structure. In the embodiments of Fig. 3 and Fig. 2 (not shown), where the coolant ducting is built into the terminating structure, ports 22 in sleeve 6 open into an annular chamber 23 which communicates through a sealing flange ring 25 with ducts 29 in a second insulator 26 surrounding the tube 16. The duct 29 in turn leads to a port 30 in a support flange 13 and hence to a coolant supply, the length of insulator 26 being determined by the leakage current requirements. Whereas the embodiment of Fig. 2 has a similar form of sealing clamp to that shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 shows a different arrangement, suitable for a coolant retaining layer of thermoplastic material such as polythene, wherein either the end portion 33 of the layer 3 fits over the ridged tubular part of a flanged member 31 and forms a seal, or as shown, a sleeve 34 of the same material as the layer 3 is moulded over the end of the layer and the member 31.
Patent GB-999386-A (GB)
Title: Fluid pressure relief valve
IPC: F16K17/06
Filed: 1962-04-09
Abstract: 999,386. Valves. MEDICINSK APPARATSERVICE A,B. April 9, 1962 [April 11, 1961], No. 13635/62. Heading F2V. A valve is formed with a base 1 for threaded connection to a respirator, which base incorporates an annular seat la; a tube 3 upstanding from the base is closed by a cover 6 depending from which is a pin 5 that guides a receivable spindle 4. A ring 7 slidable between the spindle 4 and tube 3 determines the loading of a spring 9 urging a movable closure disc 2 on to the seat 1 the ring 7 is positioned through knobs 10 projecting through slots in the tube and is retained in any given location by a friction ring 8. Upward motion of the ring 7 is defined by a stop on the spindle 4. Two further slots are provided in the tube 3, adjacent each of which is a scale whereby in conjunction with the position of the ring the fluid pressure is controlled. The valve may be additionally loaded by depressing an annulus 12, 14 on top of the tube 3 whereby the spindle 4 abuts the disc 2 under the loading of a spring 13. To remove this extra loading the annulus 12, 14 is raised and the spindle 4 is lifted by one or more balls 11 against the spring 13 until the balls 11 are forced into a groove in the pin 5 by an oblique surface on the annulus member 12; the spindle 4 embodies holes through which the balls 11 engage the pin 5. The valve may be opened directly by lifting a ring 15 on the exterior of the tube 3 which ring through screws 16 unseats the disc 2 to ventilate the system.
Patent GB-1056529-A (GB)
Title: Sausage-filling machine
IPC: A22C11/08
Filed: 1964-04-02
Abstract: A machine for the continuous introduction of foodstuffs into tubular containers, for example in the manufacture of sausages, comprises a rotary pump for conveying the foodstuff into the container, the pump rotor having radially movable vanes, means for evacuating air from conveying chambers bounded by the vanes, continuously operating drive means for the rotor for extruding the food, and means for effecting stepwise drive of the rotor through adjustable angles of rotation for portionwise delivery of the food.  The machine is stated to be usable for other soft materials such as cheese and butter, and for the filling of food cans.  Thus, the machine may deliver the material either as a continuous stream or in portions.
Patent GB-1065873-A (GB)
Title: Flux control apparatus for hydrogen masers
IPC: H01S1/06
Filed: 1965-03-31
Abstract: 1,065,873. Masers. VARIAN ASSOCIATES. March 31, 1965 [April 6, 1964], No. 13717/65. Heading H1C. [Also in Division G3] The flux of atomic hydrogen in a hydrogen beam maser is controlled by means of a temperature-responsive gas leak 29 arranged between a source 28 of molecular hydrogen and a disassociater 32, the temperature of the gas leak being controlled in accordance with pressure variations detected by a sensing device 51. As shown, device 51 is a thermistor inside a stainless steel tube in an oven 55 maintained at a constant temperature. The amplified output from a bridge circuit 41, including thermistor 51, is supplied to a heater 46 and varies the temperature of gas leak 29. Gas leak 29 includes a plug 62 of palladium-silver alloy through which the hydrogen passes at a rate dependent upon the temperature. The disassociater includes a pair of plates 34 forming the capacitance of a resonant circuit associated with oscillator 35.